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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2014049, member: 289"] Team Stats: POSSESSION Rebounding ([I]Add each team’s offensive rebounds to their opponent’s defensive rebounds. Then figure the offensive rebounds as a percentage of that[/I]) Overall, we’ve rebounded 34.1% of our misses to .310% for the opposition. In wins, it’s been 37.0%-32.2%. In losses, it’s been 32.0%-36.1%. We won this stat 7 times and won 6 of those games. We lost the stat 6 times and lost 4 of those games. This is obviously a huge stat. Effective Offensive Rebounding ([I]Divide second chance points by the offensive rebounds[/I]) Overall, we’ve scored an average of 1.05 points to 0.90 when getting offensive rebounds. In wins it’s been 1.11-0.85. In losses it’s been 0.95-0.98. We won this stat 9 times and won 7 of those games. We lost the stat 4 times and lost 3 of those games. Opportunism pays off. Turnovers ([I]Total turnovers – the other team’s steals = unforced turnovers[/I]) Overall, we’ve averaged 12.7 turnovers a game, 6.4 of them as a result of the opposition’s steals and 6.3 from our own ‘unforced’ errors. The opposition has averaged 14.4 turnovers, 8.9 from our stelas and 5.5 unforced. In wins we’ve averaged 11.75-5.75= 6.0 and they’ve averaged 14.9-10.25=4.6. In losses we’ve averaged 14.2-7.4= 6.8 and they’ve averaged 13.6-6.8 = 6.8. We won this stat 5 times, (per ‘unforced errors’) and won 2 of those games. We lost the stat 7 times and lost 2 of those games. (It’s been even once and we won that game.) This indicates that unforced turnovers are actually a counter-indicator of winning. I’d assume they bespeak a general sloppiness that would be conducive to losing. Instead, I think they are a product of our willingness to take chances and run the court and not get bogged down in half-court game, (which produces more steals aligns total turnovers more with winning and losing). Points per Takeaway ([I]Points off turnovers divided by the number of turnovers the other team had[/I]) Overall, we’ve scored 1.20 points per takeaway to the opposition’s 0.93. In wins it’s been 1.43-0.93 and in losses it’s been 0.79-0.94. We won this stat 9 times and won 7 of those games. We lost the stat 4 times and lost 3 of those games. It’s interesting that opposition’s numbers don’t seem to change but we are much more opportunistic in the games we won than the games we lost. It led me to create still another stat: Unsettled Situations ([I]Effective offensive rebounding + Points per Takeaway: [Second Chance Point + Points off Turnovers] divided by [Offensive Rebounds + Opposition Turnovers)[/I] Overall, we’ve scored 1.13 points for each time we got an offensive rebound or a takeaway to 0.91 for the opposition. In wins it’s been 1.29-0.89 and in losses it’s been 0.87-0.96. We won this stat 11 times and won 8 of those games. We lost the stat 2 times and lost both of those games. Again the opposition’s ability to take advantage of unsettled situations doesn’t seem to change but our ability to do so seems to depend on the opposition. The better defensive teams will get back into defensive position more quickly when they lose the battle for the ball. Manufactured Possessions ([I]One teams rebounds + the other team’s turnovers[/I]) Overall, we’ve averaged 54.0 MP per game to the opposition’s 50.0. In the wins it’s been 57.6-47.125. In the losses it’s been 48.2-54.6. We won this stat 8 times and won 7 of those games. We lost the stat 5 times and lost 4 of those games. Possession is 9/10s of the law and big part of basketball, as well. [/QUOTE]

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